First try, one in 10,000 chance. How did you beat reality? I was ordering food at Sonic with my wife and a friend one time, and my bud, who was in the back seat, wanted me to order and pay for him. He gave me his debit card, and I asked if he wanted to punch his personal identification number in, or if he wanted me to do it. He said, I could do it. So I asked his pin. He told me to guess it.

So, uh, 8, 5, 4, 2? What the frick? Are you freaking serious? He was baffled. I said,

What? He answered, you just guessed my pin number. What the hell, man? I really didn't believe him

until it was time to pay, and I typed in the numbers that I'd guessed. Obviously, I used different

ones for this story. Surprise, surprise, they worked, and we all splooged everywhere. If only they were the

lottery ticket numbers. In short, I guessed a pin and made everyone

sploge themselves, including my wife. At a knowledge bowl competition, the rules were,

if you hit the buzzer, then they stop asking the question and you have to answer it.

The buzzers are also very sensitive. The question comes,

the first six words, bz-d, a guy on the other team had accidentally hit the buzzer.

His eyes got really wide and he says,

Oh, crap, um, it was the best of times?

Bam, right answer.

All three teams were stunned.

Oh boy, I love Quiz Bowl for that.

I was at a competition in high school and we were winning

handily. So we were getting a little cocky and pretty much competing against our teammates

rather than the other team. As a result, buzzers were being hit earlier and earlier. Finally,

the questioner starts off with this character and I buzzed in. Out of nowhere I threw out

The Big Bad Wolf. The question looked at me open-mouthed, and our team celebrated like only a bunch of nerdy high schoolers could. Early in our relationship, my husband and I took a walk on a clear, starry night. He put his arm around me, looked up at the stars, and said something like, I love you so much. If I could,

I'd make a shooting star just for you to wish on. Right there. And he pointed at the sky.

Immediately afterwards, a shooting star appeared exactly where he'd pointed. I'm not bullcrapping you.

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